Love Songs for Ottilie

• Chalk on My Hands

  Soul waltz · Soul · Organ · Swaying

  A quiet, plainly spoken love song for Ottilie, built from white chalk dust and an old sheep gate on a hillside, for love that never needed to shout.

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  Verse 1

  I found chalk dust on the limestone Left there by nobody's plan You stood right beside the sheep gate And I felt the whole hill still

  Chorus

  Ottilie, you steady me Plain as chalk and stone can be I never asked for fireworks Ottilie, that's not you and me

  Verse 2

  You lean on the gate like always Like you've got the whole day free There's dust on your hands from the limestone And somehow that dust means home

  Pre-chorus

  I don't need the sky to open Don't need bells or grand design Just this hill and you beside me

  Chorus

  Ottilie, you steady me Plain as chalk and stone can be I never asked for fireworks Ottilie, that's not you and me

  Bridge

  Some loves burn and some just hold Yours is warm, not wild, not cold You are the hand I keep on finding

  Chorus

  Ottilie, you steady me Plain as chalk and stone can be I never asked for fireworks Ottilie, that's not you and me

  Outro

  The chalk will wash off in the rain But you're the one thing that will stay

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• Salt on the Rail

  Folk duet · Folk · Harmony · Two voices

  A quiet folk duet about steady love, built from the image of salt spray drying on a ferry railing: something plain that holds its shape through every crossing.

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  Verse 1

  Salt spray dries white on the rail Every crossing leaves its trail You lean into the wind with me Steady as the rolling sea

  Pre-chorus

  I've watched the water change its mind Never once you stayed behind This is the calm before you're mine

  Chorus

  Ottilie, you're the deck beneath my feet Ottilie, you're the harbour and the street Salt and spray and chilly air I'd cross again just to be there

  Verse 2

  The green rail's cold beneath my hand You point out where we'll finally land No map could hold what's built in me Just you, the wind, the open sea

  Bridge

  Some loves are loud, all noise and show Ours is quiet, easy, slow Like salt that dries and just stays put No need to prove it, no dispute

  Chorus

  Ottilie, you're the deck beneath my feet Ottilie, you're the harbour and the street Salt and spray and chilly air I'd cross again just to be there

  Outro

  The rail still wears its coat of white You're steady through the roughest night

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• The Kettle Behind the Toaster

  Irish air · Irish · Whistle · Lilting

  A quiet, sincere love song for Ottilie, built from a small overlooked kitchen moment that says something plain and true about being loved.

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  Verse 1

  Fingerprints on the old silver kettle Nobody else would think to see But I know whose hand made that pattern Ottilie, that mark belongs to thee

  Chorus

  Ottilie, you steady my morning Ottilie, you're first in my mind Everyone else moves past it unknowing Only I know what I'll find

  Verse 2

  The kitchen gets loud in the evening Voices and pans and the door But I still find your shape in the corner Same as I found it before

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing about you is loud or demanding Still you're the thing that I seek Every small trace that you leave behind you

  Chorus

  Ottilie, you steady my morning Ottilie, you're first in my mind Everyone else moves past it unknowing Only I know what I'll find

  Bridge

  Let the kettle stay smudged and forgotten Let the crowd never notice at all I would know you by touch in the darkness I would know you by one thing you'd call

  Chorus

  Ottilie, you steady my morning Ottilie, you're first in my mind Everyone else moves past it unknowing Only I know what I'll find

  Outro

  Someone will wipe that kettle down shining I'll still know it was your hand that stayed

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